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  • For example, a producers 'assembly may decide that they want to produce less than a community council believes they need, whereas the goods archive council supports the producers' assemblie's decision.

    Anarkismo.net Alex Bradshaw 2010

  • [A generall assemblie] Wee therefore with our Tartars assigned to attende vpon vs, tooke our iourney thither, and there were all the Dukes assembled, eche one of them riding vp and downe with his traine ouer the hilles and dales.

    The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004

  • This so honorable an assemblie, so great a Maiestie of the

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • [A generall assemblie] Wee therefore with our Tartars assigned to attende vpon vs, tooke our iourney thither, and there were all the Dukes assembled, eche one of them riding vp and downe with his traine ouer the hilles and dales.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • He therefore doubting now, least if the king continued long in the estate, he would remooue the great beame that then greeued his eies, and pricked his conscience, became an instrument to search out the minds of the nobilitie, and to bring them to an assemblie and councell, where they might consult and commen togither, how to bring that to effect, which they earnestlie wished and desired; that was, the destruction of king

    Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV Raphael Holinshed

  • When the earle of Westmerland perceiued the force of the aduersaries, and that they laie still and attempted not to come forward vpon him, he subtillie deuised how to quaile their purpose, and foorthwith dispatched messengers vnto the archbishop to vnderstand the cause as it were of that great assemblie, [Sidenote: The archbishops protestation why he had on him armes.] and for what cause (contrarie to the kings peace) they came so in amour.

    Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV Raphael Holinshed

  • Church (as that is a usual place of their assemblie, both to determin on their drifts, as also to speed of many a bootie) seeing no likelihood of a good afternoone, so they tearme it either fore-noone or after, when ought is to be done: some dispersed themselves to the plaies, other to the bowling allies and not past two or three stayed in the Church.

    The Third and Last Part of Conny-Catching. (1592) With the new deuised knauish arte of Foole-taking R. G.

  • = Cf. Appendix B. "Advertisements were come to him from all parts, both within and without the realme, from Rome, Spaine, Lorraine, and Savoye, that a bloodie catastrophe would dissolve the assemblie."

    Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois George Chapman

  • Andersone, maltman, James Hunter, fleshour, were convicted of art and part in breaking the Act of Parliament, by holding an assemblie and convention in Sanct Anne's Chappell, in the Spey-yards, upon Sanct

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • And because that this questioun had nott bene befoir disputed in open assemblie, it was thoght expedient that the judgement of the Preachearis should be required; who being called and instructed in the caise, Johne Willok, who befoir had susteaned the burthen of the Churche in Edinburgh, commanded [996] to speik, maid discourse, as followeth, affirmyng: --

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

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